Ege Güneş
Technical Team Lead at Percona
Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Summary
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Top SchoolEge Güneş is a Technical Team Lead with 11 years of experience building and operating cloud-native database systems and automation tooling, currently leading engineering efforts at Percona from Istanbul. He blends hands-on DevOps and backend engineering—contributing to high-profile Percona projects such as the percona-docker images and operators for XtraDB Cluster and MongoDB—with team leadership and release-focused delivery. Ege’s contributions show deep practical knowledge of containerization, operators, SSL and backup integrations, and resilience patterns like graceful downscaling and progress visibility. Prior roles span software development and DevOps at consulting and product firms, giving him a strong operational mindset and cross-functional collaboration skills. Unusually for an engineering lead, he studied law, which complements his technical work with an attention to compliance, process and documentation. He is an active open-source contributor who prefers solving real-world reliability and automation problems over theoretical designs.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Lisans Derecesi Hukuk, Lisans Derecesi Hukuk at Istanbul Universityİzmir Atatürk Lisesi
Turkish, İngilizce
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Github Skills (29)
kubernetes10
docker10
back-end-development10
configuration-management10
bash10
kubernetes-operator10
dockers10
mongodb-database10
automation10
go10
kubernetes-pods10
automations10
haproxy10
devops10
mongodb10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator
Apr 2021 - Jan 2023
Percona Operator for MongoDB
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:669 reviews, 172 commits, 221 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Ege made several contributions related to the management and operation of the Percona Operator for MongoDB. The commits involved modifications to the init containers, controllers, and related configurations, including fixes for cluster stability and restoring functionalities. The user also addressed issues with SSL certificates and connection handling, showcasing an understanding of networking and deployment aspects of the operator. Furthermore, their work touched upon data-at-rest encryption and PBM integration, indicating expertise in database operations and related tooling.
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percona/percona-docker
Jun 2021 - Dec 2022
Collection of Dockerfiles for Percona software. See individual directories for more details.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:88 reviews, 27 commits, 41 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Ege primarily contributed to the repository by modifying Dockerfiles, entrypoint scripts, and configuration files related to various Percona software deployments, including HAProxy, orchestrator, and MySQL Router. Their work involved enabling features like the X protocol in HAProxy and configuring SSL certificates for orchestrator. Additionally, they updated dependencies and added scripts to expose superusers, demonstrating a focus on automation and configuration management within the containerized environment.
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